ERP components elicited in response to warning stimuli: The influence of task difficulty

Biological Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-158

  Wilson, Glenn F ^a   Swain, Carolyne R ^b   Ullsperger, Peter ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Logicon Technical Services   (United States)

^c Ba Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation level theory; Event related potentials; Memory task; P300; Performance; Subjective rating; Task difficulty; Topographical distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031932726     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(97)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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